RBrogen Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 (edited) Does anyone know if you can request that the VA provide you with the actual calculation they did to arrive at their final combined rating? Something like this: Bilateral Conditions 20% Right Shoulder Condition 10% Left Knee Condition 10% Right Knee Condition Bilateral Conditions Results = 20% + 10% = 28% + 10% = 35% + 3.5% Bilateral Factor = 38.5 (39%) Bilateral Conditions 39% Tinnitus 10% Jaw 10% Combined Rating = 39% + 10% = 45% + 10% = 51% (51% Final Combined Rating) Edited March 18, 2019 by RBrogen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 HadIt.com Elder Buck52 Posted March 18, 2019 HadIt.com Elder Share Posted March 18, 2019 They give a close estimate percentage to your condition ... if the condition is at 4% you get a 0% S.C....If it was at 6%you get a 10% rating. they round the numbers at .5.0% below the 5 % would go toward the 0% above 5% they round it off at the 10% & all the way to 100% How they come up with the % like they do is any body's guess They have a special calculator they use for VA Math. you have combined 50% rating at 51% now if you had the 50% rating before the 2 -10%ers 10%tinnitus and 10% for Jaw...your combined rating should be 70% combined. I am not an Attorney or VSO, any advice I provide is not to be construed as legal advice, therefore not to be held out for liable BUCK!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 RBrogen Posted March 18, 2019 Author Share Posted March 18, 2019 4 minutes ago, Buck52 said: They give a close estimate percentage to your condition ... if the condition is at 4% you get a 0% S.C....If it was at 6%you get a 10% rating. they round the numbers at .5.0% below the 5 % would go toward the 0% above 5% they round it off at the 10% & all the way to 100% How they come up with the % like they do is any body's guess They have a special calculator they use for VA Math. you have combined 50% rating at 51% Hey Buck ... thanks for responding. Yeah I did have all of the info on "VA Math" rounding up/down etc, including the bilateral factor situation but I am curious how we can tell whether they made any errors with the calculation without having their exact process like I showed in the OP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 HadIt.com Elder Buck52 Posted March 18, 2019 HadIt.com Elder Share Posted March 18, 2019 They give a close estimate percentage to your condition ... if the condition is at 4% you get a 0% S.C....If it was at 6%you get a 10% rating. they round the numbers at .5.0% below the 5 % would go toward the 0% above 5% they round it off at the 10% & all the way to 100% How they come up with the % like they do is any body's guess They have a special calculator they use for VA Math. you have combined 50% rating at 51% 39% plus 10% plus another 10% is 51.4% rounded out at 50% now if you had the 50% rating before the 2 -10%ers 10%tinnitus and 10% for Jaw...your combined rating should be 70% combined. I am not an Attorney or VSO, any advice I provide is not to be construed as legal advice, therefore not to be held out for liable BUCK!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 RBrogen Posted March 18, 2019 Author Share Posted March 18, 2019 1 minute ago, Buck52 said: They give a close estimate percentage to your condition ... if the condition is at 4% you get a 0% S.C....If it was at 6%you get a 10% rating. they round the numbers at .5.0% below the 5 % would go toward the 0% above 5% they round it off at the 10% & all the way to 100% How they come up with the % like they do is any body's guess They have a special calculator they use for VA Math. you have combined 50% rating at 51% now if you had the 50% rating before the 2 -10%ers 10%tinnitus and 10% for Jaw...your combined rating should be 70% combined. Right ... the post I used as an example was just numbers I put there for sake of discussion ... my own numbers are more complicated which is why I was trying to figure out if they provide the actual calculation. For example my numbers are: 20% - original disability for chronic lower lumbar strain Latest decision added these conditions: 10% - Left Knee Arthritis 10% - ddd, cervical spine, with spinal stenosis and IVDS 10% - Right Knee Arthritis 0% - Bilateral hearing loss 20% - Right shoulder s/p arthroscopy with subacromial decompression and excision of distal clavical due to shoulder impingement 0% - Right shoulder surgery scars 20% - radiculopathy right upper extremity 20% - radiculopathy left upper extremity So there are several potential bilateral elements but not knowing exactly what they do then it's hard to see how the get their number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 HadIt.com Elder Buck52 Posted March 18, 2019 HadIt.com Elder Share Posted March 18, 2019 well they use a rating chart depending on how bad your conditions is rating or the severity of them. they get that information from a rating schedule manual and the Dr's them self. I am not an Attorney or VSO, any advice I provide is not to be construed as legal advice, therefore not to be held out for liable BUCK!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 RBrogen Posted March 18, 2019 Author Share Posted March 18, 2019 1 minute ago, Buck52 said: well they use a rating chart depending on how bad your conditions is rating or the severity of them. they get that information from a rating schedule manual and the Dr's them self. Right ... what I'm actually wondering is once all of the ratings have been decided on the severity etc. and they have all of the individual issues with a number, I want to know what issues they actually combine for the bilateral factor. It is just guess work with trying to understand what ratings were used if I don't have that ... for instance ... do they consider my radiculopathy left and right conditions into the bilateral? Common sense would say yes but without knowing for sure it's a guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Does anyone know if you can request that the VA provide you with the actual calculation they did to arrive at their final combined rating? Something like this:
Bilateral Conditions
20% Right Shoulder Condition
10% Left Knee Condition
10% Right Knee Condition
Bilateral Conditions Results = 20% + 10% = 28% + 10% = 35% + 3.5% Bilateral Factor = 38.5 (39%)
Bilateral Conditions 39%
Tinnitus 10%
Jaw 10%
Combined Rating = 39% + 10% = 45% + 10% = 51% (51% Final Combined Rating)
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